To "offend," in a scriptural sense, is a vastly different thing from the worldly thought. "We study to please," is the world's motto. It is ours also, only we seek to please God, not man. We may most surely "offend" a brother by trying to please him. To offend is to put a stumbling block in a person's way, something by which he is made weak. This is often done by trying to please him.